Problem JSF Posting back on comamndLink

Question

I have a commandLink in JSF that is posting back instead of going to the desired destination. Does anyone know why this might be occuring? I don't get any exceptions and the browser seems to be making a request to the server, the action just never gets executed!
wines.jsp
<h:column rendered="#{wineBackingBean.renderWine}">
                    <f:facet name="header">
                         <h:outputText value="Wine"/>
                    </f:facet>
                         <h:commandLink action="#{wineBackingBean.showWine}">
                              <h:outputText value="#{wine.wineName}"/>
                         </h:commandLink>
               </h:column>faces-config
<navigation-rule>
          <from-view-id>
               /wines.jsp
          </from-view-id>
          <navigation-case>
               <from-outcome>
                    wineSelected
               </from-outcome>
               <to-view-id>
                    /showWine.jsp
               </to-view-id>
          </navigation-case>
          <navigation-case>
               <from-outcome>
                    wineEdit
               </from-outcome>
               <to-view-id>
                    /editWine.jsp
               </to-view-id>
          </navigation-case>
     </navigation-rule>
handler
     public String showWine(){
          Wine selectedWine = (Wine)ldm.getRowData();
          setWine(selectedWine);
          noteHandler.setNotes(new ListDataModel(new               AccessNotes().getNotesByWineID(selectedWine.getWineID())));
          System.out.println("wineSelected");
          return "wineSelected";
     

Answer 1

Are you sure that it is posting back? Sounds like a silly question, but if you e.g. just have a testing environment where you observe this, you might play with identical page designs. The URL you see in the browser will not be refreshed upon actions (server side redirect).
You should also check the rendered HTML to see, whether it meets your requirements.
Volker